The Australian crewed Mitsubishi Mirages, that have raced at the Nürburgring 24 hour race since 2004, may appear humble enough, but their impact on Australians competing at the ‘Green Hell’ has been extraordinarily profound. This year, in their fifth successive appearance, the 156 Mirage set a new lap record for the team. The 156 car—driven [...]
Journailsts from the Drivers Republic website Richard Meaden and Jethro Bovingdon competed in the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race last month. Their report is now online (note, clicking on this link will resize your browser window). It is well worth putting ten or so minutes aside to read of their experiences, Meaden sharing the Ulrich [...]
The documentary Mal’s Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany’s famous ‘Green Hell’ race circuit during the 2006 Nürburgring 24 hour race, will be telecast on Channel 31 in Melbourne. The first episode went to air tonight at 9:30pm, so keep an eye [...]
Congratulations to Mal Rose and his team for bringing their VY Commodore V8 Supercar home in the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race. The Mal Rose Racing Commodore finished 31st outright from the 230 entries and was the highest placed of the Australian entries. A few facts and figures from their race follow. The team’s best [...]
After the last update it was all happy smiles at Osborne Motorsports as their car, after arriving in Germany over a day late, had been rushed to the track in time for the race. The first qualifying session had been run and Stu had great confidence in the car and was looking forward to more [...]
If you missed all the action, or even just some of the action, from this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race, fear not. The Radio Le Mans website has their commentary of the race on archive, just follow the links to Nürburgring 24. You can also read a summary of events on the official race website, [...]
While the final result may not have been what the Osborne Motorsports team wanted, they actually did a bloody good job considering the adversity they faced prior to and during the event. Here are a few images from the crew from Saturday. See if you can spot the AUSringers.com sticker.
The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race has just finished, and here are the results to hand for crews with Australian drivers. Unfortunately the Osborne Motorsports team had brake troubles with just over an hour of racing to go and accident damage forced them out of the race. At the time they had completed 101 [...]
The #1 Manthey Racing Porsche (yellow/green) overcame first lap dramas to take it’s third consecutive Nürburgring 24 hour title. In second place, crossing the line in formation, was the #23 Manthey Racing Porsche and completing the podium was the #121 Sabine Schmitz Porsche. Congratulations to all competitors who participated in this fascinating race.
The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race is in it’s 17th hour and below is a current list of all Australian entries. You can keep up to date with live placings HERE. 37th overall – 16:25:49.029 elapsed time – 88 laps – 15 behind leader #44 – Mal Rose Racing – Holden Commodore – Class [...]
The 36th running of the Nürburgring 24 hour race has just begun. LIVE streaming is now available on the official ADAC website. A live video feed is also available on the Radio Le Mans website. High drama has already engulfed the race with the Manthey Racing 911 having engine problems on the first lap. The [...]
That row of pics above may look innocent enough, but I can tell you they almost didn’t happen. Since the Osborne Motorsports team arrived in Germany to take part in the Nürburgring 24 hour race I have had a couple of phone calls with driver Stu Jones and the first call went a little something [...]
There has been plenty of coverage of Volkswagen’s Race Scirocco on AUSringers, and here’s a new tasty morsel to get you by. I trust you will enjoy this promo clip and that it will whet your appetite for this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 hour race.
Volkswagen have revealed the Scirocco GT24 at the 2008 Wörthersee event, held annually in Austria. AUSringers readers will already be familiar with the race version of the car which will be making it’s competition debut at this weekend’s 24 hour race. This GT24 version, with 239kW, looks fantastic. See below for more exterior and interior [...]
The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race is now just days away so this is a good time to start discussing gaining access to live internet coverage. Especially for those of us in the southern hemisphere. There are a couple of options that appear easy enough to access, at no charge. If anyone knows of [...]
